Author: Joe Smyth

Joe Smyth is a media officer with Greenpeace.

Photos: coal train derailment in Maryland
Top coal lobbyist compares coal plants to 90s car phones, refuses to say if coal contributes to climate change
More protests against Peabody Coal from students and frontline communities
More problems for coal exporters: clean water protections
Bill Koch is the latest executive to leave the coal business, saying it “has kind of died”
Alpha coal executives get $2 million bonuses amid falling stock price and record Clean Water Act fines
Meet Ross Bhappu, the money behind coal export proposals on the Columbia River
Secretary Jewell highlights Pacific Northwest climate impacts, but dodges questions about coal leasing
Senator Markey calls on Secretary Jewell to suspend federal coal leases, as Peabody brags about exporting our coal